Ibada ya Mazishi ya Whitney Houston
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Pakawa
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Yap! maziko ni kesho
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CNN) -- A blockbuster movie could not have been scripted better: a woman whose unparalleled voice earned her the kind of single-name recognition that felt like an unbearable burden.Fitting, then, that superstar Kevin Costner should eulogize his co-star in this way.
At Whitney Houston's funeral Saturday, Costner recalled a woman who doubted herself when she need not have.
He revealed how Houston was chosen to star with him in the 1992 movie "the Bodyguard." Few had confidence in Houston -- she had never acted before. A lot was riding on this role, he said, and the studio was unsure about giving it to a black woman.
But Costner thought she was perfect, though she would have to prove it to the studio with a screen test. In her trailer, he took her nervous hands in his; told her she looked beautiful.
"I could still feel the doubt," he said.
She asked for some time and after 20 minutes appeared for the screen test.
"We hadn't said four lines when we had to stop," Costner recalled. "I needed to know what she had done in those 20 minutes."
He stood her in front of a mirror, her makeup running down her face.
In those 20 minutes, she had wiped off the studio makeup and applied her own, the thick heavy kind she wore for her music videos, the kind that melted under the heat of studio lights.
She didn't think the lighter makeup made her look good enough. To Costner, Houston seemed so small and sad at that moment.
"You weren't just pretty. You were as beautiful as a woman could be," Costner said in front of a packed Newark church.
"Whitney, if you could hear me now, I would tell you: You weren't just good enough. You were great. You sang the whole damn song without a band."
Costner, of course, was referring to Houston's signature song: "I Will Always Love You" from "The Bodyguard."
"A lot of leading men could have played my part, but you, Whitney, I truly believe, you were the only one who could have played Rachel Marin."
For her closest friends inside that church Saturday, and strangers who continue to draw inspiration from her voice, Costner's words hit a painfully honest note about human frailty.
"It was the burden that made her great and the part that caused her to stumble again," he said.
Years after "The Bodyguard" hit theaters, reports of Houston's struggles with drug addiction and a rocky marriage with Bobby Brown surfaced and her album sales declined.
"The inexplicable burden that comes with fame," Costner said. "Call it doubt. Call it fear. I've had mine. I know the famous in the room have had theirs."
Costner said Houston's own story could help a new generation of young girls who dream big.
"Maybe they're thinking they aren't good enough," he said. "I think Whitney would tell you: Guard your bodies. Guard the precious miracle of your life. Then sing your hearts out, knowing that there's a lady in heaven who's making God himself wonder how he created something so perfect.
"So off you go, Whitney. Off you go," Costner said in closing.
"Escorted by an army of angels to your heavenly father. And when you sing before him, don't you worry. You'll be good enough."
At Whitney Houston's funeral Saturday, Costner recalled a woman who doubted herself when she need not have.
He revealed how Houston was chosen to star with him in the 1992 movie "the Bodyguard." Few had confidence in Houston -- she had never acted before. A lot was riding on this role, he said, and the studio was unsure about giving it to a black woman.
But Costner thought she was perfect, though she would have to prove it to the studio with a screen test. In her trailer, he took her nervous hands in his; told her she looked beautiful.
"I could still feel the doubt," he said.
She asked for some time and after 20 minutes appeared for the screen test.
"We hadn't said four lines when we had to stop," Costner recalled. "I needed to know what she had done in those 20 minutes."
He stood her in front of a mirror, her makeup running down her face.
In those 20 minutes, she had wiped off the studio makeup and applied her own, the thick heavy kind she wore for her music videos, the kind that melted under the heat of studio lights.
She didn't think the lighter makeup made her look good enough. To Costner, Houston seemed so small and sad at that moment.
"You weren't just pretty. You were as beautiful as a woman could be," Costner said in front of a packed Newark church.
"Whitney, if you could hear me now, I would tell you: You weren't just good enough. You were great. You sang the whole damn song without a band."
Costner, of course, was referring to Houston's signature song: "I Will Always Love You" from "The Bodyguard."
"A lot of leading men could have played my part, but you, Whitney, I truly believe, you were the only one who could have played Rachel Marin."
For her closest friends inside that church Saturday, and strangers who continue to draw inspiration from her voice, Costner's words hit a painfully honest note about human frailty.
"It was the burden that made her great and the part that caused her to stumble again," he said.
Years after "The Bodyguard" hit theaters, reports of Houston's struggles with drug addiction and a rocky marriage with Bobby Brown surfaced and her album sales declined.
"The inexplicable burden that comes with fame," Costner said. "Call it doubt. Call it fear. I've had mine. I know the famous in the room have had theirs."
Costner said Houston's own story could help a new generation of young girls who dream big.
"Maybe they're thinking they aren't good enough," he said. "I think Whitney would tell you: Guard your bodies. Guard the precious miracle of your life. Then sing your hearts out, knowing that there's a lady in heaven who's making God himself wonder how he created something so perfect.
"So off you go, Whitney. Off you go," Costner said in closing.
"Escorted by an army of angels to your heavenly father. And when you sing before him, don't you worry. You'll be good enough."
Nyani Ngabu
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Why do people always try to find someone else to blame? I mean, everybody else is gonna get blamed but not her. Why? Is she beyond reproach?
Let's keep it real. She bears a lot of that responsibility as well. She was an adult - even older than Bobby. She chose to be an addict. Period, end of story. I don't care what anybody says.
And who even knows for sure who introduced the drugs to whom? What if it was Whitney who did it? Or what if each one was snorting before they even got together?
At the end of the day, we as individuals do bear a lot of responsibility with what we put in our bodies.
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Illuminati wamemchukua, nilikuwa naangalia leo asubuhi baadhi ya comments then nikaenda kwenye mtandao, japo argument ya msingi ni kuwa amekuwa addicted na drugs, jamani madawa ya kulevya ni mpango wa freemansons na illuminati kuwamaliza watu duniani
Gaijin
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No she wasn't. She was already into drugs
Word has it she was in a deep lesbian relationship before she met Bobby too
She was no innocent
CHUAKACHARA
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Jamani mbona majority (over 95%) ya walioalikwa kwenye mazishi ya Houston walikuwa Afro-americans! Whites were very few! Can we call this racism or... Sikupata picha nzuri ya mahusiano ya Afro-American na whites in US (kwa mtazamo wangu). I stand to be corrected
BelindaJacob
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Ilikuwa kawaida sana kwa mtazamo wangu.
Rejao
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Hee..nitonye!
Niambie mpwa..naona upo kila mahali!!
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Whitney is laid to rest: American icon's journey 'home' ends with private burial in New Jersey
Following a very public farewell to Whitney Houston at a funeral attended by thousands yesterday, the late singer was laid to rest surrounded by just a select few in New Jersey today.
The star was buried in a private ceremony at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield where her father, John Russell Houston Jr., was interred in 2003.
Houston's silver casket was transported to the cemetery in a gold-painted hearse on Sunday morning, closely following a black truck brimming with purple roses, pink carnations and white lilies.
Final journey: A gold hearse carrying Whitney Houston's body arrives at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield, New Jersey where she will be laid to rest in a private ceremony on Sunday afternoon
Top security: The singer's silver casket can be seen inside the hearse, which was escorted to the cemetery by police
The casket was reportedly watched over by 10 security guards after it left the invitation-only service attended by some of the music world's biggest names yesterday.
Tight security continued throughout the burial, with a heavy officer presence in and around the ceremony in anticipation of fans flocking to the site to say their final goodbyes.
Fans carrying banners, flowers and photographs of the late star were gathered along the route to the cemetery as police escorted the hearse. It arrived at the cemetery just before 11.45 a.m.
The driver appeared to be crying as she played the singer's greatest hit I Will Always Love You, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reported.
Procession: The cars drive through the Fairview Cemetery to where Houston was buried next to her father
Moving on: The cars drove 20 miles from the Wigham funeral home in Newark to the cemetery in Westfield
The burial comes a day after the singer was mourned at the funeral - called her 'coming home' by her family - held in the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark where she sang in the choir as a child.
High-profile friends of Houston, including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, music mogul Clive Davis and her The Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner, spoke or performed at the highly-charged service.
The ceremony, which closed with Houston's song I Will Always Love You, was also attended by her mother Cissy Houston, who wailed 'My baby!' as the casket was carried out.
Resting place: Whitney Houston's plot next to her father John Russell Houston Jr. in Westfield Cemetery
Family: Relatives including Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina, left, and cousin Dionne Warwick, right, arrive
Tearful goodbye: Fans throw flowers on Houston's hearse as the driver is overcome with emotion
Houston's on-off boyfriend Ray J - who reached out for the casket as it passed - and her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina also attended the service.
The star's distraught ex-husband Bobby Brown caused a ruckus when he bickered with security about the number of guests accompanying him. He was told he could bring two but arrived with nine.
He stormed out of the service after security tried to move him, but later returned.
The service came a week after the 48-year-old was found dead in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California.
Site: The funeral procession arrives at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfieldon Sunday morning
Questions remains about what caused the singer's death and investigators are examining prescription drugs found in her hotel room.
Coroners have deferred city a cause on her death certificate as they are waiting for the outcome of toxicology tests.
On Friday, Houston's family attended a private viewing of her body at a Newark funeral home. Bobbi Kristina and Cissy Houston were joined by relatives including Houston's cousin Dionne Warwick.
It was believed the family would be able to see Houston's body once more before she is buried, TMZ reported.
Final farewell: Fans wave to Houston's family before the hearse carrying her body leaves the funeral home
Remembered: Fans flocked to the cemetery with flowers, banners and photographs of the late star
Crowds: Media and bystanders gather outside the Fairview Cemetery ahead of the burial service
Following a very public farewell to Whitney Houston at a funeral attended by thousands yesterday, the late singer was laid to rest surrounded by just a select few in New Jersey today.
The star was buried in a private ceremony at the Fairview Cemetery in Westfield where her father, John Russell Houston Jr., was interred in 2003.
Houston's silver casket was transported to the cemetery in a gold-painted hearse on Sunday morning, closely following a black truck brimming with purple roses, pink carnations and white lilies.
The casket was reportedly watched over by 10 security guards after it left the invitation-only service attended by some of the music world's biggest names yesterday.
Tight security continued throughout the burial, with a heavy officer presence in and around the ceremony in anticipation of fans flocking to the site to say their final goodbyes.
Fans carrying banners, flowers and photographs of the late star were gathered along the route to the cemetery as police escorted the hearse. It arrived at the cemetery just before 11.45 a.m.
The driver appeared to be crying as she played the singer's greatest hit I Will Always Love You, the New Jersey Star-Ledger reported.
Moving on: The cars drove 20 miles from the Wigham funeral home in Newark to the cemetery in Westfield
The burial comes a day after the singer was mourned at the funeral - called her 'coming home' by her family - held in the New Hope Baptist Church in Newark where she sang in the choir as a child.
High-profile friends of Houston, including Stevie Wonder, Alicia Keys, music mogul Clive Davis and her The Bodyguard co-star Kevin Costner, spoke or performed at the highly-charged service.
The ceremony, which closed with Houston's song I Will Always Love You, was also attended by her mother Cissy Houston, who wailed 'My baby!' as the casket was carried out.
Family: Relatives including Houston's daughter Bobbi Kristina, left, and cousin Dionne Warwick, right, arrive
Houston's on-off boyfriend Ray J - who reached out for the casket as it passed - and her teenage daughter Bobbi Kristina also attended the service.
The star's distraught ex-husband Bobby Brown caused a ruckus when he bickered with security about the number of guests accompanying him. He was told he could bring two but arrived with nine.
He stormed out of the service after security tried to move him, but later returned.
The service came a week after the 48-year-old was found dead in a bathtub at the Beverly Hilton hotel in California.
Questions remains about what caused the singer's death and investigators are examining prescription drugs found in her hotel room.
Coroners have deferred city a cause on her death certificate as they are waiting for the outcome of toxicology tests.
On Friday, Houston's family attended a private viewing of her body at a Newark funeral home. Bobbi Kristina and Cissy Houston were joined by relatives including Houston's cousin Dionne Warwick.
It was believed the family would be able to see Houston's body once more before she is buried, TMZ reported.
Remembered: Fans flocked to the cemetery with flowers, banners and photographs of the late star
FirstLady1
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uchungu sana hasa kila nikiwaza ,
mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke siku zake za kuishi ni chache na zimejaa tabu na uchungu
RIP W.H we will always love you
mwanadamu aliyezaliwa na mwanamke siku zake za kuishi ni chache na zimejaa tabu na uchungu
RIP W.H we will always love you
Mulhat Mpunga
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rip wh umetangulia sisis nyuma yako
Mwone mrembo akichapa usingizi endelevu.
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na hapa Diabolical Tabloid Recreates Whitney's Death With Sick Photoshoot
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